The Heath Quartet was formed in 2002 under the guidance of the late Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music where they won all the major ensemble prizes. In 2008 they were awarded first prize in the 19th Tromp International String Quartet Competition and in March 2009 they won second prize (no first prize was awarded) at the 4th Haydn International String Quartet Competition in Vienna. The members of the quartet are currently Leverhulme Junior Fellows at RNCM. Their programme features the most lyrical of Sir Michael Tippett’s five quartets and the last of Mendelssohn’s six.

Supported by The Laurance Turner Memorial Trust